Halloween Jack posted:

Ruby the Ghoul

"Ooh, pictures from my old school! Yeah, let's show these to everybody. That way I can totally fit in on my very first day? Do you have one of the time Eric Determan locked me in the supply closet? No? Then do you have any gasoline? I can wrap these things up in my old uniform and burn them together. Seriously, if you show these to anyone I will kill myself."

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Name: Sophie Townsend
Look: Meek, Piercing Eyes
Origin: Murdered in cold blood
Skin: The Ghost

Hot -1 | Cold 1 | Volatile -1 | Dark 2

Harm 0/4 | Experience 0/5

Conditions:

Strings:
2 on Ruby
1 on Alex
1 on Coppelia
1 on Steven (NPC)
1 on Jason (NPC)

Moves:
Unresolved Trauma
Whenever you project the blame and trauma of your death onto your current situation, roll with dark. On a 10 up, give two people the blamed condition. On a 7-9, give up to two people the blamed condition, but for each, choose one:
} You gain the delusional condition,
} You can’t speak during this scene,
} You suffer one harm,
} You start re-enacting the scene of your death.

Hungry Ghost
You find sustenance in sadness. When others dump their emotional problems on you, roll with dark. On a 10 up, they lose all their conditions, and you choose one:
} Mark experience,
} Carry one forward,
} Gain a String on them
On a 7-9, they choose one:
} They lose all their conditions,
} They gain a String on you.

Sex Move
When you have sex with someone, you both get to ask a question of one another’s characters. This can be spoken by your character, or simply asked player-to-player. The other person must answer honestly and directly.

Darkest Self
You become invisible. No one can see you, feel you, or hear your voice. You can still affect inanimate objects, but this is your only avenue of communication. You escape your Darkest Self when someone acknowledges your presence, and demonstrates how much they want you around.

Backstory:
- Someone knows that you’re dead, and how you died. They gain a String on you.
- You’ve been inside someone’s bedroom while they were sleeping. Take a String on them.

Tell:
A faint chill surrounds Sophie when she's upset or agitated and her clothes always look washed out and faded.

Jolinaxas posted:

Going to go with a Wyrm if we can use Second Skins. Otherwise, probably an infernal.

SuddenConsequences posted:

Sophie the Ghost

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Name: a name evoking leadership
Look: stunning, brooding eyes
Origin: most popular kid in school
Queen Moves:
The Clique: they’re connected (with money and designer drugs)
Streaming

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Roger Borunda (fame and spear mountain peak, common names implying strength and tribulation)
Outcast Chosen with disquieting eyes, destined for greatness. He Comes Prepared to Light the Way.

You have an outlandishly large armory (the museum), complete with
ancient artifacts. Just in case the need arises.

Whenever your friends follow through on your commands
or your lead, they add 1 to their roll. (If your friends are
NPCs, they instead act at an Advantage.)

Hot 1, Cold -0, Volatile 1, Dark -1

Backstory
You have two friends who you can rely on for monsterslaying support. Take a String on each.
There’s someone who knows that you’re the Chosen one,
and wants you dead. The MC gives them a name and two
Strings on you.

Tell
Wounds that don't bleed, being a dead ringer for a dead hero--photos of him at my age are rare, but they're there.

Sex Move
When you have sex, heal all of your wounds, and cure all
of your Conditions. If they disgust you, give them a String.
If you disgust yourself, give them a String.
Darkest Self
None of your friends can help. They’re not strong like
you are. You need to chase down the biggest threat
imaginable, immediately and alone. Any challenges or
dangers that you encounter must be faced head on, even
if they might kill you. You escape your Darkest Self when
someone comes to your rescue or you wake up in the
hospital, whichever comes fist.

Zurui posted:

What do you miss most about being alive?

What went wrong when you tried eating?

Which part of you is fading first?

Platonicsolid posted:

Definitely interested, had some fun with Monsterhearts PBP in the past. One limitation, though...I'm going on vacation starting in the second week of December and will be gone basically the rest of the month. Would that kind of break totally break the game flow, or can we handwave it somehow?

frankenfreak posted:

Abraham the Queen

slydingdoor posted:

inklesspen posted:

Alex Stillman

Ferrosol posted:

Definitely interested. I've always wanted to play a game of Monsterhearts but never had the chance. Probably going to roll up a chosen if you don't mind having a first time player?

Zurui posted:

Who was your crush in middle school, and why did he or she turn you down?

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From whom did you learn to hate yourself?

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What item do you love but keep hidden, and where do you keep it?

Zurui posted:

What's the worst part of being brown in a sea of white?

Zurui posted:

What did you do to earn the loyalty of your best friend?

Zurui posted:

Which of your forefathers converted to Catholicism, and why?

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Character Name: Adrianna Mercante (A Name of Wealth)
Look: Expensive Look, Burning Eyes
Origin: In Your Blood (Two wrym-blooded parents)
Skin: The Wyrm

Hot -1, Cold +2, Volatile -1, Dark +1

Conditions:
Carry Forward:

Harm: ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Experience Points:
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (advance)

Moves:

[+]Bargaining Ceremony
Drinking tea, sharing a cigarette, playing chess, or sitting back to back are all ceremonies.

When negotiating a bargain during a ceremony, both of you can offer Strings as part of that bargain.
This can include Strings you have on others, or new Strings that you generate on yourselves.
When you're both satisfied, the exchange occurs.

[+]The Bait
You have a collection of beautiful things – a library of books, old and new.
When you show it to someone, they inevitably find something they fancy.
They will mark experience when it becomes theirs and is no longer yours.

Also, choose one:
-They see something someone else would like, and when you show that someone the something,
carry one forward against them,
-The time has flown by and it's hours later than you thought.

[+]Jealous Coils
When someone else gets close to someone you covet and you act territorial, roll with dark.
On a 10 up, both: they lose a String on yourcoveted, and you gain a String on your coveted.
• On a 7-9, gain a String on your coveted, and your coveted chooses:
-Give you a Condition,
-You say something you'll regret.

Sex Move:
When you have sex with someone, they choose at least one of these:
-Give the Wyrm a String on you, and take something from their collection.
-Give the Wyrm a String on you, and take a String on them.
-Give the Wyrm a String on you, and receive any promise from them you'd like.
-Give the Wyrm a String on you, and a Condition.

Darkest Self:
You've become too heady, too lax, too vague. You need to dominate one of the people-things that you treasure,
let it know that it's yours, that it doesn't get to choose who owns it – you do.
You escape your Darkest Self when your treasured thing proves that you don't own it entirely,
or when you see the difference between objects and people.

Backstory:
Judge each other PC as either “treasure” or “merely currency.”
If they're treasure, describe the moment they caught your eye, and give them a String.
If they're merely currency, take a String on them. They describe something off-putting that you said to them.

Strings:

Advances:

Jolinaxas posted:

Adrianna, the Wyrm

Platonicsolid posted:

Also have created the #stwendy channel on SynIRC for those who want to chat.

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Why do some people accuse you of not living up to your predecessor's legacy?

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What's the price of your protection?

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What do you regret about the last year?

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Name: Morgan Ward
Look: pale, with pained eyes
Skin: The Vampire
Origin: newly reborn

Conditions:

Harm
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XP
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Stats:
Hot: +1
Cold: +2
Volatile: -1
Dark: -1

Sex Move
When you deny someone sexually, gain a String on them.
When you have sex with someone, lose all Strings on that
person.

Darkest Self
Everyone is your pawn, your plaything. You hurt them and
make them vulnerable, for sport, like a cat does with a
mouse. You feed to the point of death whenever you’re
alone with someone, though you take your time. You
escape your Darkest Self when you’re put in your rightful
place, by someone more powerful than you.

Moves

[+] Hypnotic
You can hypnotize people who have no Strings on you.
Roll with hot. On a 10 up, they do exactly what you wish
and have no idea that anything is wrong. On a 7-9, the
hypnosis works, but choose one:

• they realize you hypnotized them;
  
• they gently caress up your commands;
  
• their sanity is unhinged.

[+] The Feeding
You feed on hot blood. If this is the first time they’ve ever
been fed upon, you both mark experience. When you feed,
choose two:

• you heal 1 harm previously suffered,
  
• you carry 1 forward,
  
• they don’t die.

Strings

Green Bean posted:

Morgan Ward, the Vampire

Ferrosol posted:

Cassandra "Cassie" Peterson

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Character Name: Carmine LeDare (A Cold-Sounding Name)
Look: Guarded, Deep Eyes
Tell: The Gris-Gris bag that he keeps with him at all times
Origin: Voodoun (Louisiana Voodoo)
Skin: The Witch

Hot =0, Cold +1, Volatile -1, Dark +1

Conditions:
Carry Forward:

Harm: ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
Experience Points:
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (advance)

Moves:

[+]Sympathetic Tokens
You gain power from sympathetic tokens – items of personal significance that you take from others. Each sympathetic token counts as a string.

[+]Hex-Casting
You can cast Hexes. Choose two that you know. To cast them either expend a sympathetic token during a secret ritual, or meet a target’s gaze and chant at them in tongues. Then roll with dark. On a 10 up, the Hex works, and can be easily reversed. On a 7-9, it works but choose one:
-The casting does you one harm;
-the Hex has unexpected side effects;
-trigger your Darkest Self.
Hexes
[+]Binding- The person cannot physically harm others
[+]Illusions- Snakes and bugs: The hexed sees that thing everywhere. You have no control over the exact images or manifestations


[+]Sanctuary
You have a secret place for practicing witchcraft. Add 1 to all rolls you make within this space.

Sex Move:
After sex, take a sympathetic token from them. They know about it, and it’s cool

Darkest Self:
The time for subtlety and patience is over. You’re too powerful to put up with their garbage any longer. You hex anyone who slights you. All of your hexes have unexpected side effects, and are more effective than you are comfortable with. To escape your Darkest Self, you must offer peace to the one you have hurt the most.

Backstory:
You start the game with two sympathetic tokens. Decide whose and what they are.
One of the others caught you rummaging through their friend’s stuff, but kept quiet. They get a string on you.

Strings:

Advances:

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Skin: Fae
Name: River Philson
Look: Dainty with laughing eyes
Origin: Fae blooded

Conditions:

Harm
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XP
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Stats:
Hot 2
Cold -1
Volatile -1
Dark 1

Sex Move:
When you life naked with another, you can ask them for a promise. If they refuse, take two strings on them.

Darkest Self:
Everything you say is a promise. Everything you hear is a promise. If a promise is broken, justice must be wrought in blood. To escape your Darkest Self, you must in some way re-balance the scales of justice.

Tell:
Burns at the touch of cold iron.

Moves:
[+] Faery Contract
If someone breaks a promise or contract made to you, take a String on them. When spending a String to even out the score and get justice on a broken promise, add these options:
-they gently caress up something simple at a crucial moment;
-add 2 to yur roll on an act of vengeance;
-they suffer 1 harm, whether the cause is obvious or not.

[+] Lure
Whenever someone makes a promise to you, they mark experience.
Whenever someone breaks a promise to you and you seek vengeance, mark experience.

Backstory:
You wear your heart on your sleeve. Give everyone one string.
You've captured someone's fancy. Gain two strings on them.

Strings:

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Isaac McElroy, the Infernal

Look: Anxious, Flickering eyes
Origin: Chosen

Stats
Hot -1, Cold -1, Volatile 1, Dark 1

Infernal Moves
- Soul Debt: Name a dark power that you owe a debt to. Choose two Bargains that it has made with you. It can hold Strings against you. Whenever it collects 5 Strings against you, trigger your Darkest Self.
- Dark Recruiter: When you bring an innocent soul to the dark power, mark experience.

Dark Power: The Connoisseur
Bargains
- Uncanny Voices: You can give the dark power a String in order to realize a secret about someone you’re talking to. The owner of that character will reveal one of their secret fears, secret desires, or secret strengths (they choose).
- Strings Attached: You can ask the dark power for something that you really, really want. The MC will attach a price to the thing you want, and hint at an undesired twist in its nature. If you pay the price, you’ll get what you’re after.

Your Backstory
You owe debts. Give away 3 Strings, divided any way you like between the dark power and the other characters.

Someone thinks they can save you. Gain a String on them.

Sex Move
When you have sex, the dark power loses a String on you and gains a String on whoever you had sex with.

Darkest Self
You can’t get what you need, anymore. The world has left you cold and alone, shivering in the wake of your own addictions. The dark power will make some open-ended demands of you, and it’ll promise you some lucrative (and perhaps volatile) things in return. Every demand you fulfill brings you a little closer to feeling whole again, to rekindling the fire in your heart. Whenever you fulfill those demands, remove a String it holds on you. You escape your Darkest Self when the dark power has no more Strings on you, or when you agree to an even worse bargain with an even more dangerous dark power.

Zurui posted:

Why do you think the communion host doesn't turn to ash in your mouth?

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The last time you ran into a hunter was a close call; how did you get out?

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Hell is other people; who makes you feel like you're not a freak?

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Name: Amelia Saunders
Look: Wallflower, downcast eyes, sleek hair
Skin: The Gorgon
Origin: A wish gone wrong

Conditions:

Harm
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XP
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Stats:
Hot: -1
Cold: 2
Volatile: -1
Dark: 1

Tell
Amy now specifically avoids eye contact with people at all costs, leading to very weird social interactions. This is particularly notable for people who knew her in the past before this behavior developed.

Sex Move
If you and your partner can see each other when you have sex your partner becomes Petrified and takes 1 harm. The next time you meet, tell them either:
* You think you were a pity-gently caress, dare gently caress, or notch on their bedpost
* You think they were mainly motivated by affection and give them a string
Then they tell you whether you were right as either honesty or the audience demands. If you were you both take 1 forward. If you were wrong and they laughed at you they take 1 forward.

Darkest Self
You’re done hiding your gaze. If people can’t meet it, that’s their issue. You meet the gaze of everyone you encounter unless they are taking explicit precautions. If they try to hold your gaze you aren’t backing down. Escape your darkest self when either you actually turn someone to stone or someone takes 2 harm trying to talk (and stare) you down.

Moves

[+] Petrification
Whenever you look or gaze into someone’s eyes, roll to Shut Them Down. On a hit give them the condition Petrified - or if they are already Petrified they take 1 Harm as well as other consequences. If harm from this move would kill them they turn to stone. If you can see through it you can Petrify someone through it.

If you start a session (including the first) with no social conditions, gain your choice of:
* The condition Scary
* The condition Freak
* Any social condition you’ve had before
* Any social condition agreed by the table


[+] Oops!
Whenever you accidentally use Petrification on someone you care about, gain an experience point.

Strings

Zurui posted:

Culpepper, Farve, or Ponder? Band of Brothers, Gods & Generals, Patton, or Generation Kill?

Why are you so attached to your car?

You gonna play football or wrestle?

charsheet posted:

Look: wiry, savage eyes
Origin: favoured by the moon

Hot: 1, Cold: -1, Volatile: 1, Dark: 0

Scent of Blood: Add 1 to all rolls against those who have been harmed in this scene already.
Heightened Senses: When you rely on your animal instincts to make sense of a charged situation, roll with dark. On a 10 up, ask the MC three questions. If you act on one of the MC’s answers, add 1 to your first roll. • On a 7-9, ask one:

• Where’s my best escape route or way in?
  
• Which enemy is the most vulnerable to me?
  
• What’s their secret weakness?
  
• What poses the biggest threat to me?
  
• Who’s in control here?
  

Sex Move: When you have sex with someone, you establish a spirit connection with them. Until either of you breaks that spirit connection, by having sex with someone else, add 1 to all rolls made to defend them. You can tell when that connection has been broken.
Darkest Self: You transform into a terrifying wolf-creature. You crave power and dominance, and those are earned through bloodshed. If anyone attempts to stand in your way, they must be brought down and made to bleed. You escape your Darkest Self when you wound someone you really care about or the sun rises, whichever happens first.

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Look: stiff, with wide eyes
Origin: homunculus
Stats: Hot -1, Cold -1, Volatile +2, Dark +1

Tell: Coppelia’s skin is cool and hard to the touch, closer to porcelain than human flesh. It cracks like porcelain too, and she doesn’t bleed. She can’t eat, either. Oh, and she has to wind herself for five minutes daily, and only with the key she carries around her neck.

Hollow Moves:
Flesh of My Flesh: When you lash out physically with your bare hands, you do an amount of harm equal to one more than the amount of harm you’ve got marked down on your own sheet.
Better Than Nothing: When you gain a Condition, mark experience.
Sex Move: After having sex with someone, replace your current sex move with theirs, adding this sentence to the end of it.

Darkest Self:
Your body is a prison. You don’t belong inside of it. You need to put it in harm’s way, and make it suffer, just like it’s made you suffer. There’s got to be a way to cut yourself out of it. You need to meet your makers, and hold them accountable for what they’ve done to you. To escape your Darkest Self, you must come face to face with someone who feels more trapped than you do.

Backstory:
You’ve been taking your social cues from someone, and doing so has taught you a lot about them. Gain 2 Strings on them.
Someone’s seen through your invented past, and realized it’s all lies. Give them 2 Strings on you.

Zurui posted:

Why was your mother reticent to teach you hexes?

Zurui posted:

Is your home more Weasley or Weird Sisters?

Zurui posted:

What's your favorite fictional depiction of vampires?

Forums Terrorist posted:

This is a bit out there, but would you be comfortable with someone playing The Parent as a teacher or something? I've wanted to try it, but I won't object if you shut me down.

Fausts Pen posted:

Carmine, the witch

walruscat posted:

Mr Tastee posted:

Isaac McElroy

Platonicsolid posted:

Clipperton posted:

Coppelia Barnes, the Hollow